ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,911, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).
"Systems and methods for ground distance control" was invented by William J. Vande Haar (Janesville, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ground distance control for automated vehicles wherein operation of at least a transmission and/or braking system(s) can be controlled in response to a generated distance request to achieve an identified travel distance, as well as to satisfy a maximum force or thrust command. As the vehicle travels, a measured distance can be tallied such that the measured distance increases when the vehicle travels in a first direction, and decrea...